Pennsylvania · Census place 4281456
Waterford, Pennsylvania
Waterford is a borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,445 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 509th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,445
- #509 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- -1.8%
- -27 people
- Land area
- 1.2 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,175 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Waterford population, 2020 to 2024
Waterford lost 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by -4.
Waterford covers 1.23 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,175 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Waterford is less dense than the typical town.
What county Waterford is in
All of Waterford's residents live in Erie County, which had 267,750 residents in 2024. Waterford holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Waterford
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Waterford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 16441. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Waterford is
The Census internal point of Waterford is at 41.945200, -79.985100. Harrisburg, the capital, is 198.9 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Union City, PA (2,857 people), 8.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Buffalo, NY, 87.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.945200, -79.985100
- DMS
- 41°56'42.72"N 79°59'6.36"W
- UTM
- 17N 584124.2E 4644189.9N
- Geohash
- dprneguss
- Plus code
- 87H2W2W7+3X
Daylight in Waterford
At 41.95° N, Waterford gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Waterford
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Union City, 8.0 miles away, with 2,857 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Waterford, PA?
1,445 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 27 (1.8%) from 1,472 in July 2020.
What county is Waterford in?
Erie County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Waterford?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 16441.
How far is Waterford from Harrisburg?
198.9 miles (320.1 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Waterford.
What is the nearest larger city to Waterford?
Union City, PA, with 2,857 residents, 8.0 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.